Claudius William Bell (1836 - 1875)

Born 28 Dec 1836 in Bombay, India

Husband of Emma Louisa Bell — married 28 Dec 1872 in Poona, Bombay, India

Died 10 Jan 1875 at age 38 in Suez

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Biography

Claudius Bell was part of the history of the British Honourable East India Company

John was born in India in 1836, the son of Dandeson Coates Bell and Jane Smyttan.

He was educated at Edinburgh Academy (1846-51).^[1]

In 1856, he went to Haileybury, the last cadet on the roll of Old Haileybury College. He joined the Honourable East India Company and the Indian Civil Service in 1858 and became Assistant Magistrate and Collector at Poona.

He died in 1875 at Suez.

Research Notes

His record in the Edinburgh Academy Register reads as follows:
BELL, Claudius William, 1846-51. Cl. 1-5. b. 1837; s. of Dandeson C. Bell, H.E.I.C.S., 7 Darnaway Street.
Haileybury, 1856-7 ; the last cadet on the roll of Old Haileybury College • H.E.I.C.S. and I.C.S. 1858-75; Ass. Mag. and Coll. at Poona ; d. 10 Jan. 1875 at Suez.

Sources

1. ↑ Edinburgh Academy Register: Page 147.

• The Edinburgh Academical Club. The Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, Edinburgh: T & A Constable, 1914.
• 'India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch birth record).
• 'India Marriages, 1792-1948', database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch marriage record).